A woman was making up one of the days that she did not fast in Ramadaan because of menstruation, then her period came on that day when she was making up the fast. Does she have to make up one day or two?.
Praise be to Allaah.
She only has to make up the day that she did not fast in
Ramadaan, because the day she was fasting when her period came was only to
replace the day that she did not fast in Ramadaan; it was not a new
obligatory fast.
Ibn Hazm said in al-Muhalla (6/271): Whoever
deliberately breaks a fast observed to make up for a missed Ramadaan fast
only has to make up one day, because the obligation to make up the fast
applies only to the Ramadaan fast. It was narrated in a saheeh report that
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) made up that
day he missed of Ramadaan. So it is not permissible to add more to it
without any shar’i text to support that and without any scholarly consensus.
It was narrated from one of the salaf that he has to make up two days, the
day from Ramadaan and the day when he was making up that fast.
It says in al-Taaj wa’l-Ikleel: Whoever breaks a fast
observed to make up for a missed day from Ramadaan only has to make up one day. 3/387.
And Allaah knows best.
